Trafalgar Township Historical Society Digital CollectionsA historical images collection of the former Township of Trafalgar encompassing present day Oakville and portions of Mississauga and Milton.http://images.ourontario.ca/TrafalgarTownship/atomTrafalgar Township Historical Society Digital Collectionshttp://images.ourontario.ca/Partners/test41ep/graphics/atomtile2_test41ep_s_32.gif2018-04-11T12:50:54.333Z200820
87 Dundas Street East, Oakville
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87 Dundas Street East, Oakville
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The Town of Oakville Heritage Impact Assessment for 87 Dundas Street East, October 20, 2014, by Stevens Burgess Architects Ltd. is linked here for your further information. Older photographs showing the outlying buildings are in this report.
This house was demolished in April 2018...http://images.ourontario.ca/trafalgartownship/2890368/data
Trafalgar Township Historical Society
2015-02-04T20:06:50Z
The Ford Children With New Family Car
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The Ford Children With New Family Car
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The Ford children, pictured with the car their father, Robert (R.R. Ford) won in 1936 for selling the most subscriptions to the Oakville Record Star. They are all hoping to take a ride in it. Note the running board along the side. From l-r, children are; Featherstone who was called Hank,...http://images.ourontario.ca/trafalgartownship/20936/data
Trafalgar Township Historical Society
2007-06-27T00:00:00Z
Omagh School, 1930
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Omagh School, 1930
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Back Row; Ruth Emerson, Ruby Campbell, Mary Stout, Ruth McCann (Teacher), Bernice Lawrence, Gwen Hamilton, Eileen Stevens, Helen O'Connor, Glenna Stout.
Centre Row: Harvey Campbell, Hugh Beatty, Walter Beatty, Gordon Turner, (?), Emerson Robinson, Featherstone Ford (called Hank), Melville...http://images.ourontario.ca/trafalgartownship/17906/data
Trafalgar Township Historical Society
2006-07-31T00:00:00Z
Smith Family Descendants, With Artifacts Relating to William Lyon Mackenzie’s Stay With The Family
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Smith Family Descendants, With Artifacts Relating to William Lyon Mackenzie’s Stay With The Family
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William Lyon Mackenzie was sheltered and hidden by the family of Absalom Smith of Palermo, Trafalgar Township on his historic flight from Upper Canada after his defeat at the skirmish at Montgomery's Tavern, York (now Toronto), December 1837. According to the family, the empty chair with...http://images.ourontario.ca/trafalgartownship/17578/data
Trafalgar Township Historical Society
2006-07-11T00:00:00Z
2066 Dundas Street West, 1977 and 1991
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2066 Dundas Street West, 1977 and 1991
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Thank you to C. Van Sligtenhorst, Town of Oakville, Heritage Planner, District East/Central Planning Services, for allowing these images to be part of the Trafalgar Township Historical Society digital collection. Our intent is to make the information and images widely available for viewing,...http://images.ourontario.ca/trafalgartownship/3323849/data
Trafalgar Township Historical Society
2017-01-05T20:28:10Z
2088 Dundas Street West
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2088 Dundas Street West
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Thank you to C. Van Sligtenhorst, Town of Oakville, Heritage Planner, District East/Central Planning Services, for allowing these images to be part of the Trafalgar Township Historical Society digital collection. Our intent is to make the information and images widely available for viewing,...http://images.ourontario.ca/trafalgartownship/3323850/data
Trafalgar Township Historical Society
2017-01-05T20:55:41Z
Mackenzie Tapestry. Audrey, Marilyn, and Eleanor Cairns, November 1951.
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Mackenzie Tapestry. Audrey, Marilyn, and Eleanor Cairns, November 1951.
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The mother of the girls was Anna Elizabeth Prudham, father was Archie Cairns who had much to do with the building of Cedar Springs and many custom homes in the area. The family lived on a farm in Nassegaweya and attended Kilbride Church. The girls also had a brother, Bill, and another...http://images.ourontario.ca/trafalgartownship/18071/data
Trafalgar Township Historical Society
2006-10-31T00:00:00Z
William Lyon Mackenzie Chair and Jacquard Quilt, 2017
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William Lyon Mackenzie Chair and Jacquard Quilt, 2017
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Family descendent Ruth I. Taylor has written the essay included here to document this historic chair and quilt.
Family descendent Ruth I. Taylor has written the essay included here to document this historic chair and quilt.
The ‘Mackenzie Chair’ Adventure
Background...http://images.ourontario.ca/trafalgartownship/3481564/data
Trafalgar Township Historical Society
2018-03-19T14:47:27.002Z
Arthur Harris
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Arthur Harris
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It is thought the name of Arthur's wife was Ivy. They lived in the Dakotas, U.S.A., where daughters Mary Kay and Amy were born. The family moved to Miami, Florida where they farmed. They died there, dates unknown. Mary Kay Williams (married name) died in Miami in about 2004.
This...http://images.ourontario.ca/trafalgartownship/17614/data
Trafalgar Township Historical Society
2006-07-11T00:00:00Z
Absalom Smith
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Absalom Smith
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Anna Mary Beamer, called Polly, and Absalom married on October 17, 1809 in Grimsby Township, Lincoln County. They had 11 children, all born in Palermo, Trafalgar Township, Halton County.
1. Anna Catherine b. October 1, 1810.
2. Mary Elizabeth b. May 12, 1812.
3. Hannah Priscilla b. January...http://images.ourontario.ca/trafalgartownship/17579/data
Trafalgar Township Historical Society
2006-07-11T00:00:00Z
David Lindsay 1781-1875
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David Lindsay 1781-1875
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David Lindsay and Mary Anne (Beatty) Lindsay, had emigrated to New York from Ireland in 1811. Around 1822, they moved to Esquesing Township, settling on Lot 1, Conc. 8. Family members eventually lived throughout Halton County including areas of Trafalgar Township.
David Lindsay: born about...http://images.ourontario.ca/trafalgartownship/3384320/data
Trafalgar Township Historical Society
2017-03-25T20:59:51Z
Old Dundas Street Twelve Mile Creek Bridge
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Old Dundas Street Twelve Mile Creek Bridge
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For more information on the spanning of the Creek over the years, see the 2010 report linked here. A brief excerpt is reproduced here:
Several bridge structures have probably spanned Twelve Mile Creek, now Bronte Creek, at Dundas Street from the early part of the 1800s onwards. The...http://images.ourontario.ca/trafalgartownship/2889343/data
Trafalgar Township Historical Society
2015-01-24T15:44:33Z
New Dundas Street Twelve Mile Creek Bridge with Old Bridge Behind
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New Dundas Street Twelve Mile Creek Bridge with Old Bridge Behind
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For more information on the spanning of the Creek over the years, see the 2010 report linked here. A brief excerpt is reproduced here:
Several bridge structures have probably spanned Twelve Mile Creek, now Bronte Creek, at Dundas Street from the early part of the 1800s onwards. The...http://images.ourontario.ca/trafalgartownship/2889341/data
Trafalgar Township Historical Society
2015-01-24T15:47:27Z
Buildings Being Moved For Road Widening, Palermo, 1940's
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Buildings Being Moved For Road Widening, Palermo, 1940's
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Palermo boasted, at one time, 300 residents and a foundry that rivaled the Massey Ferguson Plant. It was part of the Underground Railroad, had one of the first grammar schools in the province and had one of the first public schools to include music as part of its curriculum,” said Gordon...http://images.ourontario.ca/trafalgartownship/2301847/data
Trafalgar Township Historical Society
2011-05-15T13:46:31Z
Buck Family Reunion, 1922
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Buck Family Reunion, 1922
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The Phillip Buck family estate at Omagh was at Britannia Road and Fourth Line.
The Phillip Buck family estate at Omagh was at Britannia Road and Fourth Line.
Buck Family - George Corpdale Buck (1835-1913) & wife Margaret Johnson (1838-1903). Their children: Phillip, John,...http://images.ourontario.ca/trafalgartownship/2842590/data
Trafalgar Township Historical Society
2014-11-08T14:02:28Z
From Trails to Township - 150 Years of Trafalgar
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From Trails to Township - 150 Years of Trafalgar
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To easily read the written text on each of the panels, click on "Pages" "Select" to click on each.
(The text is fully OCR'd so that keyword searching will retrieve the record.)
In 2017, the TTHS revealed new banner panels showing the trails and trade routes of the Haudenosaunee,...http://images.ourontario.ca/trafalgartownship/3453707/data
Trafalgar Township Historical Society
2018-01-29T15:02:01.675Z
Jim Babinetz and Janet Lees
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Jim Babinetz and Janet Lees
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Jim and Janet worked for several summers in 1957-1959 as a leader at the Oakville Recreation Commission Pine Ridge Day Camp program on the Rotary camp site on Lower Base Line (which separates Oakville and Milton ). A secondary site was located in Henderson Park on the Sixteen Mile Creek (a...http://images.ourontario.ca/trafalgartownship/22499/data
Trafalgar Township Historical Society
2007-08-16T00:00:00Z
2467 Bronte Road, Oakville, Ontario
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2467 Bronte Road, Oakville, Ontario
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Two photographs taken sometime in the 1970's on the city street outside 2467 Old Bronte Road, south of Dundas Street in Palermo, Oakville.
They show the two lane road line with big maple trees. Click on "Pages" "Select" to see the 2nd image.
You can see the old frame house to the north,...http://images.ourontario.ca/trafalgartownship/3306237/data
Trafalgar Township Historical Society
2016-11-05T15:57:51Z
Sisters Hettie & Jennie Munn
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Sisters Hettie & Jennie Munn
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Hettie and her older sister Jennie, married in a double wedding ceremony at the church in Munn's Corners in 1883. Jennie went out west to live in Manitoba with her husband W.H. Reid. The family says they went "west with William Henry Spearin".
In 1898, Hettie and her husband, Albert...http://images.ourontario.ca/trafalgartownship/3207055/data
Trafalgar Township Historical Society
2016-03-02T13:21:40Z
Hettie Munn and Grandchildren
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Hettie Munn and Grandchildren
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A Biggar family album page showing Hettie with her grandchildren. Hettie had been educated at the Wesleyan Female College for young women in Hamilton, she was an accomplished musician and played for the church until forced to stop at age 98, she helped manage the successful family farm and...http://images.ourontario.ca/trafalgartownship/3207058/data
Trafalgar Township Historical Society
2016-03-10T14:03:20Z